Radium and radon are important contributors to environmental radioactivity. Radon occurs naturally as a result of decay of radioactive elements in soil...

are the immediate decay products of radium isotopes. The instability of 222Rn, its most stable isotope, makes radon one of the rarest elements. Radon will...

product radon as well as its tendency to accumulate in the bones. Radium, in the form of radium chloride, was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898...

with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plasma and human milk in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study". Science of the Total Environment. 933: 173157...

Since the mid-20th century, plutonium in the environment has been primarily produced by human activity. The first plants to produce plutonium for use in Cold...

as in natural containers, such as hollow tree trunks, leaf sheaths, etc. To avoid ground and surface water stagnation, the drainage of surface and subsoil...

in the Vietnamese environment since the war, settling in the soil and sediment and entering the food chain through animals and fish which feed in the...

long-lived isotope 244Pu may exist primordially. Uranium in the environment Radium in the environment Background radiation Radioecology Wu, Yang; Dai, Xiongxin;...

deaths in 2019), according to The Lancet. Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike...

planetary resources, and aesthetics. The aim of waste management is to reduce the dangerous effects of such waste on the environment and human health. A big...

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause harm. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid...

otherwise dark conditions. The term is most commonly used in relation to in the outdoor environment and surrounding, but is also used to refer to artificial...

of human impact on the environment and is a serious environmental problem in many countries. Litter can exist in the environment for long periods of...

cessation and closure of windows and doors. Radon is an invisible, radioactive atomic gas that results from the radioactive decay of radium, which may...

health or the environment."  Hazardous Waste falls under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  Under the RCRA, the EPA has the authority...

1994. The Canada-US Air Quality Agreement was signed in 1991. In 1998, all federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers of Energy and Environment signed...

wastes eliminates the risk that pathogens and pollutants contained in sewage wastes might pose to the environment. Utilization of green waste to dispose...

danger of CFCs and HCFCs to the environment. The ozone hole is usually measured by reduction in the total column ozone above a point on the Earth's surface...

information in order to make decisions and adapt to circumstances. Cognitive studies demonstrated human beings can process only limited information before the quality...

Eutrophication in water bodies is another effect large populations in cities have on the environment. When rain occurs in these large cities, it filters CO2 and other...

Schönbein in 1867. For much of the second half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, ozone was considered a healthy component of the environment by naturalists...

disposed of, and which therefore enters the environment. Notably, however, only a small fraction of garbage that is generated becomes litter, with the vast majority...

(or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes...

Compounds in the Environment". Open Chemist. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Smart, N. A. (1968). "Use and residues of mercury compounds in agriculture"...

management practices of the electronics being recycled, worker health and safety, and consideration for the environment locally and abroad. In Europe, metals that...

Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. National Research Council (U.S.). Ad Hoc Committee on the Solar System Radiation Environment and NASA's Vision...

between PM2.5 pollution and Covid-19 mortality in Western Europe for the 2020–2022 period". The Science of the Total Environment. 848: 157579. Bibcode:2022ScTEn...

scientific and medical bodies for its effects on health. A naturally-occurring gas formed as a decay product of radium, radon is one of the densest substances...

chalking Cracking Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in paint are considered harmful to the environment and especially for people who work with them on a regular...

for the use of diluting oil-based paints only. These organic solvents on traditional painting materials can have harmful effects on the environment through...